Essay On Irony In Addie's And Jewel
Besides the symbolism in the story, the types of irony used, situational and dramatic irony help emphasize the image of a family dealing with each other while dealing with the phase of death. The family relations as well as the country environment are expressed through these types of irony. They often occur as while the book does deal with serious issues, the family dynamic is a big part of the novel and the people around them get involved with them.
The situational irony in the story involves having the character that was most loved by Addie also be the least loved by the rest of the family because of that. Addie’s and Jewel’s relationship was more emotional as Jewel acted out, yet was still cared for and loved for the most by Addie. He seemed …show more content…
As the title suggests, the story will have to do with a death in the plot, which was Addie’s, the mother and wife of the family the novel revolves around. The title foreshadows what the story will be about. With the first person point of view in the title, it also suggests that the story might be told from the point of view of the person who is dying. While that person is dying, the person reflects what is happening around before he/she goes. However, the meaning of the title does indeed change once having read the story. While the title does stick to its plot of dealing with a death, the story is not told by Addie’s perspective. She does have a small part where it is from her point of view, but the novel is mostly told from the different perspectives of her family as they deal with her death and planning her burial. Looking back to the title, the meaning changed to not being about how Addie’s perspective before her death, but rather what she sees her family do before she dies and after she dies. She looks at how separated her family seemed separated when she was alive and even when she was dying. However, once she died, her family is able to change their ways and become closer as they deal with her death and funeral. As she dies, her family is able to reach out for each other and do something they didn’t do when she was
The situational irony in the story involves having the character that was most loved by Addie also be the least loved by the rest of the family because of that. Addie’s and Jewel’s relationship was more emotional as Jewel acted out, yet was still cared for and loved for the most by Addie. He seemed …show more content…
As the title suggests, the story will have to do with a death in the plot, which was Addie’s, the mother and wife of the family the novel revolves around. The title foreshadows what the story will be about. With the first person point of view in the title, it also suggests that the story might be told from the point of view of the person who is dying. While that person is dying, the person reflects what is happening around before he/she goes. However, the meaning of the title does indeed change once having read the story. While the title does stick to its plot of dealing with a death, the story is not told by Addie’s perspective. She does have a small part where it is from her point of view, but the novel is mostly told from the different perspectives of her family as they deal with her death and planning her burial. Looking back to the title, the meaning changed to not being about how Addie’s perspective before her death, but rather what she sees her family do before she dies and after she dies. She looks at how separated her family seemed separated when she was alive and even when she was dying. However, once she died, her family is able to change their ways and become closer as they deal with her death and funeral. As she dies, her family is able to reach out for each other and do something they didn’t do when she was